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Peak District Air Accident Research

Vickers Wellington Mk.IC Z8808 of 11 OTU, crashed at Ashfold Gill Head on Gouthwaite Moor near Pateley Bridge on the 2nd / 3rd September 1942 while on a night cross country exercise from Bassingbourn.

Crew / Passengers	Rank - if applicable	Position e.g. Pilot	Status
P. R. Coney	Flight Lieutenant	Pilot	Injured
J. Wilding	Sergeant	Co-pilot	Injured
M. B. Grainger	Sergeant	Observer	Injured
J. H. F. Kemp	Sergeant	Bomb Aimer	Injured
J. E. Burrel	Flight Sergeant	Wireless Operator	Injured
W. G. Reading	Sergeant	Air gunner	injured
G. W. Wilford	Sergeant	Wireless Operator / Air gunner	Injured

Also lost on the same night in the same area of Yorkshire was Wellington Mk.IC DV718

A general view of part of the crash site, taken in May 2002.

A second over view of the same area shown in the first photograph.

This view is similar to the first, but taken in 2011, a large amount of the geodetic framework has since been removed from the site.

Smaller pieces are scattered in the heads of two gullies.